You are correct. The pros are all retired and the kids don't know how to do rust repair and won't give you an estimate if they work on it. Its all done on a "pay by the hr" basis. If you wanna do it right you have to take off all panels and redo front to back. There's hidden rust you can't see even if you strip the car. I took a guy to court when I had my car done cause he threw out an estimate and went 3 times higher. I agreed to everything he did, didn't get nothing in writing, even if I did, I learned these cars aren't estimateable. You wanna do things right, it'll take 100reds of hrs, at a minimum of $60/hr - you do the math. Find retired body man, pay him to strip the car, ask for a min/max price for labor see if he'd give it to you. No shop will do it anymore. Unfortunately that is the reality. and the reason for the high restoration cost is spent on paint and body.